#match-preview

#match-preview

Crystal Palace play AEK Larnaca tonight. Follow all the action with our live commentary... Crystal Palace take on AEK Larnaca tonight hoping to make it two wins from two in the Conference League. Oliver Glasner's side ground out a 3-3 draw with Bournemouth at the weekend, Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring a hat-trick and they will take on the Cypriots in confident mood. AEK are fifth in their domestic league but won their opening European game, a surprisingly easy 4-0 thrashing of AZ Alkmaar.

Aston Villa take on the Go Ahead Eagles this evening.

To take to the field tomorrow evening at San Siro we will need to be sportingly happy but also very proud to play against the top of the class. We know how strong Milan are and we will need to be very humble in defence, but also confident when we have possession of the ball. We know who we are playing against, but in football nothing is impossible. I need everyone. Whoever makes themselves available and whoever is fit will be part of my decisions.

Starting with the hosts, while Eintracht Frankfurt might have signed off September with a remarkable 6-4 victory away at Borussia Monchengladbach, it appears that might have been just a minor boost for the Eagles. Suffering late heartbreak against Freiburg over the weekend as they marked their return from October's international break with a 2-2 stalemate on the road, Dino Toppmoller's camp have drastically failed to find any kind of stability since opening up the new campaign.

Spain have reacted impressively since their penalty shootout loss to Portugal in June's UEFA Nations League final. Luis de la Fuente's side opened their World Cup qualifying journey with a commanding 3-0 win over Bulgaria away from home, followed by a 6-0 thrashing of Turkey in their second September fixture. That momentum continued on Saturday, when they defeated Georgia 2-0 at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Elche.

Signing off September with a dominant 3-0 romp away at St. Louis, the California-based outfit have won all of their previous five consecutive MLS appearances by an aggregate score of 16-4. Landing consecutive 4-1 wins against Real Salt Lake last month, Los Angeles have also gained a fearsome reputation for their free-scoring performances in the final third. Notching 61 MLS goals so far this season, LAFC hold the second-best attacking tally in the Western Conference.

Starting with the hosts, extending on their Coppa Italia adventure earlier in the week as they cruised their way to a routine 3-1 victory at home against Empoli, Genoa will be desperate to use that performance as a platform to build on. However, spending large spells of last season looking over their shoulder at a looming relegation scrap, Patrick Vieira's men have once again failed to find any kind of fluidity since opening up the 2025/26 campaign. Last seen falling to a 2-1 defeat away at Bologna, the former Crystal Palace boss has not seen his squad muster a single win from their first four Serie A appearances (two defeats, two draws).

Matias Almeyda's tenure in Seville began with consecutive defeats to Athletic Club and Getafe, results that raised doubts about the Argentine's first steps as a La Liga manager. Yet his side have found a measure of stability since, stringing together a sequence of positive results that has lifted them into mid-table and closer to the European places. After a lively 2-2 home draw with Elche, Sevilla went on to record back-to-back away wins, defeating Girona and most recently Alaves.

"He started the season really well for us but he couldn't make it for [that] one," Skubala said of the 27-year-old Saint Lucia international.

Die Kraichgauer surprised everyone when they secured a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen away from home in their opening league game. Christian Ilzer's side could not carry forward the momentum as they lost 3-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt at home. Last week, they bounced back with a 4-2 victory away at Union Berlin and should enter this game with complete confidence.

Paris Saint-Germain are one of the biggest clubs in the world and were hugely successful last season. Not only did PSG win the Ligue 1 title yet again, but under manager Luis Enrique, they also became the champions of Europe for the first time in history. Luis Enrique's side hammered Serie A club Inter Milan 5-0 in the final of the UEFA Champions League last season.

Neither side were victorious in their respective fixtures across the opening weekend of the 2025-26 campaign, but there should be cause for optimism in both camps. When the two sides met in the league last season, it was the Red Devils who triumphed on both occasions, but only by the slenderest of margins. Although, Marco Silva and company did have the last laugh by beating Man United on penalties in the FA Cup fifth round and will be looking to inflict more misery on Ruben Amorim's side.

Panathinaikos are one of three clubs that have never been relegated from the Greek top division, while winning the title as many as 20 times and the Greek Cup on 20 occasions.

Monterrey experienced a damaging 3-2 defeat against Cincinnati in their Leagues Cup opener, placing immense pressure on them to respond in their following match against New York.